Cartoon Brew TV #13: Adventures in Broccoli
(Warning: This film contains strong language.) As I was watching Dan Mountain’s Adventures in Broccoli at the year-end Pratt screening …
Amid Amidi
Sundance Shorts Line-Up Announced
The Sundance Film Festival announced today their short film selections for the 2009 festival which runs January 15-25 in Park City, Utah. …
“No Corras Tanto” Video by César Díaz
Spanish animator César DÃaz created this lyrical sand-animated music video for El Combolinga’s “No Corras Tanto.” DÃaz is also a …
2008 Gobelins Student Films
French animation school Gobelins has released the latest batch of their student films. From a purely technical standpoint, the quality of …
Live-Action Photos from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty
Brew reader David points out another fascinating sets of color photos in the Life Magazine archives that show the live-action reference …
Hayao Grumpy-zaki
The Japan Times has details about a press conference that Hayao Miyazaki held in Tokyo a few weeks ago. The article describes him as a …
Nickelodeon’s Christmas Gift to NYC Animators
(photo from Paint Monster blog) The holidays just got a little less jolly for NY animation artists. I’m hearing reports that among the …
Discover The Pioneering Japanese-American Animation Artists of the Golden Age
After surviving internment in concentration camps in the United States, these artists paved the way for Japanese-Americans in the animation industry.
Studio aka’s Lost and Found
Studio aka has completed a 25-minute film adaptation of the children’s book Lost and Found. The film, directed by Philip Hunt, will debut …
Ward Kimball Headstand
Among the discoveries in the newly available Life Magazine photo archives is this headstand by Ward Kimball during one of his steamups in …
Tyrus Wong Interview
We want to wish Tyrus Wong a belated happy birthday. He turned 98 years old on October 25, 2008. Wong is best known for being the chief …
Parra’s Art and Animation
Inappropriate it may be, but the music video for Lele’s “Breakfast” gets a chuckle out of me. The raunchy lyrics (NSFW) are made that …
The American Akira
Can’t wait for the live-action version Akira that Leonardo DiCaprio is currently producing? Here’s a satirical version showing what would …
Too Art For TV 3
(Artists, clockwise from upper left: Zartosht Soltani, kaNO, Chris George, Patrick Smith, Todd K. Lown, Liz Artinian) The 3rd annual …
Bill Wray Solo Show in Bakersfield
Background-painter-turned-fine artist Bill Wray (Ren & Stimpy, Samurai Jack, The Mighty B) is the subject of a one-man show opening at the
Annual Chronicle Books Sale
My friends at Chronicle Books are having their annual “Friends and Family” sale. Through Friday, December 5, every book ordered from …
Bio-Bak by Coen Grift
Bio-Bak is the wacky and inventive Flash portfolio site of Dutch artist Coen Grift. It’s packed with bits of animation, sound effects and …
Wallace and Gromit in A Matter of Loaf and Death
Cracking good news! Wallace and Gromit, who haven’t starred in anything significant since the 2005 feature The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, …
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our readers. Here’s a little turkey day treat – Tex Avery’s Jerky Turkey. For model sheets and animation …
Pulsar by Katushi Bowda
By far the coolest thing I’ve seen on YouTube all week is this Japanese short from 1990. From the video description: “This is not clay …
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